Ranger Talk

Meet the Shenandoah Valley landscape, its natural features, and long record of human settlement. A ranger talks about why it is dotted with Civil War battlefields and is home to this national park.

Meet on the front lawn of Belle Grove Plantation, 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA.

Seeking Freedom

When did freedom come to those enslaved at the plantations of Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park? Explore the park's connections to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Meet on the front lawn of the Belle Grove Manor House, 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA.

Ranger Talk

Meet the Shenandoah Valley landscape, its natural features, and long record of human settlement. A park ranger talks about why it is dotted with Civil War battlefields and is home to this national historical park. 

Meet on the front lawn of Belle Grove Plantation, 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA.

Ranger Talk

Meet the Shenandoah Valley landscape, its natural features, and long record of human settlement. A park ranger talks about why it is dotted with Civil War battlefields and is home to this national historical park. 

Meet on the front lawn of Belle Grove Plantation, 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA.

Ranger Talk

Meet the Shenandoah Valley landscape, its natural features, and long record of human settlement. A park ranger talks about why it is dotted with Civil War battlefields and is home to this national historical park. 

Meet on the front lawn of Belle Grove Plantation, 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA.

Ranger Talk

Meet the Shenandoah Valley landscape, its natural features, and long record of human settlement. A park ranger talks about why it is dotted with Civil War battlefields and is home to this national historical park. 

Meet on the front lawn of Belle Grove Plantation, 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA.

Cedar Creek Battlefield Tour

Drive Cedar Creek Battlefield to retrace events of October 19, 1864. Follow the park ranger’s car to five or six key battlefield landmarks. The Federal victory at Cedar Creek ended Confederate resistance in the Shenandoah Valley. Coming just three weeks before the presi......More

Drive Cedar Creek Battlefield to retrace events of October 19, 1864. Follow the park ranger’s car to five or six key battlefield landmarks. The Federal victory at Cedar Creek ended Confederate resistance in the Shenandoah Valley. Coming just three weeks before the presidential election, news of the victory boosted morale in the Northern states and helped carry Abraham Lincoln to a landslide reelection.        

Meet at the NPS Visitor Center, 7712 Main Street, Middletown, VA.

Summer in the Shenandoah

The summer of 1864 saw a flurry of battles in and around the Shenandoah Valley, including Second Kernstown. Join a National Park Service ranger to learn about why the valley was an important theater of war at this stage in the Civil War. An emphasis will be placed on th......More

The summer of 1864 saw a flurry of battles in and around the Shenandoah Valley, including Second Kernstown. Join a National Park Service ranger to learn about why the valley was an important theater of war at this stage in the Civil War. An emphasis will be placed on the battles in July and August, which led to the elevation of Federal General Philip Sheridan to command in the region.Kernstown Battlefield Association, a nonprofit group, operates the historic battlefield. The battlefield is part of Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District. 

Meet on the front lawn of the Pritchard House of the Kernstown Battlefield, 610 Battle Park Drive in Winchester, VA.

Ranger Talk

Meet the Shenandoah Valley landscape, its natural features, and long record of human settlement. A ranger talks about why it is dotted with Civil War battlefields and is home to this national park.

Meet on the front lawn of Belle Grove Plantation, 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA.

Ranger Talk

Meet the Shenandoah Valley landscape, its natural features, and long record of human settlement. A park ranger talks about why it is dotted with Civil War battlefields and is home to this national historical park. 

Meet on the front lawn of Belle Grove Plantation, 336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, VA.